Shlomo Glickstein

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Shlomo Glickstein (born January 6, 1958 in Rehovot, Israel) is a former professional tennis player from Israel.

He reached his career-high ranking of No. 22 in November 1982.

When he was 10 years old, Glickstein began playing tennis, and at the age of 16 he gave up basketball and soccer to focus solely on the sport. By the time he finished the juniors, he was one of the top 10 juniors in the world. His career was hampered by the fact that he had to serve 3 years in the Israeli military at a key point in his athletic development (ages 18-21).

Shortly after turning pro, he won his third straight Israeli National championship.

In 1980, Glickstein gained international fame when he defeated Raul Ramirez, who was ranked No. 35 in the world, in the first-round at Wimbledon. After losing to eventual champion Bjorn Borg in the second game, Glickstein won the Wimbledon Plate, the consolation tournament.

Among Glickstein's most memorable career victories were over then-No.1 ranked Ivan Lendl, No. 9 Harold Solomon, No. 10 Eliot Teltscher, and No. 11 Brian Gottfried.

In 1981, Glickstein won the South Orange, New Jersey Grand Prix, becoming the first Israeli to win a tennis grand prix. Glickstein played until 1988, then became the director of the Israel Tennis Academy in Ramat Hasharon from 1992-96.

In the spring of 1998 he was still managing the Israeli Davis and Federation Cup teams.